Family:
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus:
Cyperus L.

Cyperus brasiliensis (Kunth) Bauters

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Panama to S. Tropical America.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Orinoquia. Elevation range: 50–260 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Meta, Vichada.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 50 - 260 m.; Orinoquia.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Colombia, Guinea, Guyana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Senegal, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Cyperus brasiliensis (Kunth) Bauters appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [347], Cameroon Ascolepis brasiliensis K000678204 No
Apr 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9807], Cameroon Ascolepis brasiliensis K000678203 No
Apr 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9803], Cameroon Ascolepis brasiliensis K000678202 No
Dec 1, 1988 Gardner [715], Brazil Ascolepis brasiliensis K000632055 Unknown type material Yes
Dec 1, 1988 Hassler, E. [1501], Paraguay Ascolepis brasiliensis K000632053 Yes
Dec 1, 1988 Burchell [4346], Brazil Ascolepis brasiliensis K000632056 Yes
Dec 1, 1988 Gardner [715], Brazil Ascolepis brasiliensis K000632054 Unknown type material Yes
Dec 1, 1988 Schomburgk [109], Guyana Ascolepis brasiliensis K000632057 Unknown type material Yes
Jun 1, 1982 Harley, R.M. [19983], Bahia Ascolepis brasiliensis K000189133 Yes
Jun 1, 1982 Harley, R.M. [20120], Bahia Ascolepis brasiliensis K000189132 Yes
Nov 1, 1888 Hassler, E. [1958], Paraguay Ascolepis brasiliensis K000632059 Yes
Nov 1, 1888 Schomburgk [109], Guyana Ascolepis brasiliensis K000632058 Unknown type material Yes
Nov 1, 1888 Sellow [s.n.], Brazil Ascolepis brasiliensis K000632060 Unknown type material Yes
Jardim, J.G. [881], Bahia Ascolepis brasiliensis K000189131 Yes

First published in Phytotaxa 166: 37 (2014)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0